| Target | Iridium 19 Flare |
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| Constellation | And |
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| Category | Satellite |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100113.1713 EST |
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| | Heavens
Above | CalSky |
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| Time | 1713:22 EST | 1713:23 EST |
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| Alt. | 71° | 70.9° |
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| Az. | 56°
NE | 55.4°
NE |
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| Mag. | -8 | -7.4 |
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| Surface | | MMA2 |
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| Comments | Not Seen
I was working at the library when a calendar alarm went off warning of a Mag. -8 flare and I immediately packed up to get up to Bryant Park to observe it not thinking that I had recently checked the satellite image and knew it was very cloudy. As long as I was all shut down and checked for stolen library materials I continued up to the park to see if a Mag. -8 would show through heavy overcast. It didn’t, at least not where I was looking. But then I am often not looking where I need to be when I can’t see the background stars.
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